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<STRONG><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                    <STRONG><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></STRONG>




</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>new_item</STRONG>, <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> - create and destroy menu items


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>

       <STRONG>ITEM</STRONG> <STRONG>*new_item(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>name</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>description</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>free_item(ITEM</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>item</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
       The  function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes it from the
       <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers.  Please notice that the item stores only
       the pointers to the name and description.  Those pointers must be valid
       during the lifetime of the item.  So you should be  very  careful  with
       names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
       The  function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item.  Please notice that it is
       the responsibility of the application to release  the  memory  for  the
       name or the description of the item.


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
       The  function  <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.  It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> according
       to the function's failure:

       <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
            System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.

       The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> returns one of the following:

       <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.

       <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
            Item is connected to a menu.

       <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>.


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
       The  header  file  <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>  automatically  includes  the  header  file
       <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
       These  routines  emulate  the  System  V  menu  library.  They were not
       supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.


</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
       Raymond.



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